Former Cambridge CEO appointed first national CCIO
Professor Keith McNeil, the former CEO of Cambridge University Hospitals has been appointed as England’s first national CCIO
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Care.data dumped after Caldicott review
The controversial care.data programme has been killed off following the release of Dame Fiona Caldicott’s report recommending sweeping changes to NHS data security.
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NHS IT like a “1950s bank” – Swindells
NHS England’s new commissioning and IT boss has likened the public health system’s technology to a 1950s bank, and says it is lagging behind many comparable countries.
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All 44 "initial" STPs now with NHS England
All 44 Sustainability and Transformation Plans have been lodged with NHS England, but what they mean for funding and IT projects could take months to untangle.
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Brexit: What it could mean for digital health
The people have voted and it’s unlikely to be good news for either the NHS’s finance or efforts to give it a digital makeover.
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Digital roadmaps hunt for scalable tech
Digital roadmaps will be used to scout out promising technologies and upscale them for the rest country, NHS England’s head of digital strategy has said.
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Enter the CCG: on flying pig documents
Dr John Lockley’s clinical commissioning group has been drawing up its local digital roadmap. It’s chances of delivery? Zero, he reckons…
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Another new IT role at NHS England
NHS England has created yet another technology focused management role, with a purview over digital roadmaps.
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Storm clouds break over Manchester
The NHS Confederation’s annual conference was dominated by rain, financial storms, and a few IT bright spots. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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Simon Stevens promises med tech tariff in grim speech
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has indicated that the commissioning board will introduce a ‘med tech’ tariff to support the introduction of innovations to the health service.
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